What age/ size do male Royals get sexually active ??

Zincubus · 03-07-11, 03:31 PM

Just wondering what is the youngest age/ length a male Royal will start "showing interest" in the opposite sex ??

Lankyrob · 03-07-11, 03:36 PM

Heard lots of stories about undersize, underage snakes mating and getting eggbound/dying becsuse they arent mature enough. So my guess would be that they will try whenever they get a chance.

**Aaron_S** · 03-07-11, 10:11 PM

I believe a year old androughly 600grams andup for males.

mykee · 03-18-11, 04:08 PM

Males as young as three months and 200g "show interest" in females. That doesn't mean they are producing viable sperm (or even unviable sperm for that matter), nor that they will not die from the stress of being paired with a female so soon.
So what Aaron said.
I prefer to "pop' my males for sperm plugs prior to them being put into a breeding program though, no use utilizing a male that is not sexaully mature.